The First Volume of Ning Wang's Illegitimate Son Chapter 8: Martial Arts and Daoist Magic

  "Miao Shu, tomorrow give those two martial arts books to that kid, I'm really curious to know how many more surprises he can bring me!" Wang Bi Cheng lightly tapped the mirror in front of him and said leisurely.

  "Yes, Your Highness!" A cold voice came from behind Wang Bizheng in the empty space. "However, he has only cultivated his Qi to the first layer at such a great age, it's hard for him to have any prospects in martial arts!"

  "I don't want him to become a Martial Saint, being able to cultivate to the late stage of Qi Refining is enough!" Wang Bi Cheng said calmly.

  What is most important in the 21st century? Talent!

  A family's prosperity depends on what? It is also talent!

  A prominent status and position are only temporary gains and losses; it is the continuation of talents from generation to generation that can guarantee the glory of a family for centuries.

  As Ning Wang, as the head of the family, Wang Bi Cheng was extremely sober.

  Previously, Wang Guanchao had plotted against Wang Guanlan and pushed him into the pond, but he couldn't deceive Wang Bicheng. However, at that time, Wang Guanlan didn't die and hadn't shown any exceptional talent, so Wang Bicheng didn't pay attention to him. But now, after waking up, Wang Guanlan's abnormal behavior has caught Wang Bicheng's attention, turning a dispensable illegitimate child into a cultivatable object, only that none of this is known to Wang Guanlan.

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  The morning after a spring rain at night, the mist is dim and hazy.

  Both hands are placed on the wet wooden window frame, gazing at the sky and earth outside the window, greedily inhaling the air filled with water vapor.

  After a thorough spring rain, comes gentle breeze and warm sunshine.

  The martial arts ancestral hall of the Ning Wang Fu is the most lively place, where every month on double days, high-ranking warriors from the mansion will give lectures on martial theory in the lecture hall.

  The Martial Arts Hall!!

  This is one of the major characteristics of this martial-arts world.

  In this world, big or small families, from royal families to ordinary wealthy families, all have a martial arts hall.

  Hire a martial artist to teach the young people in the clan about martial arts, because not everyone can obtain the clan's secret teachings like the legitimate children.

  It's been a few months since Wang Guanlan came to this world, and he has already had an extremely intuitive impression of it. Among them, the one that left the deepest impression on him is the martial arts system of this world. After tens of thousands of years of development, a mature system has been formed. In this system, every link has undergone countless years of testing, and every link is indispensable, permeating every corner of the entire world.

  The dark green giant stone paved the ground of the lecture hall, polished smooth as a mirror, revealing a cold and solemn atmosphere.

  Although the sun had just risen, the lecture hall, which was forty zhang long and twenty-five zhang wide, was already packed with people.

  The people who heard Wu here were mostly in their twenties, and those who were slightly older were only five or six years old when they first understood things.

  Don't look at the crowd here, but compared to the vast population of Ning Wangfu, it's only a small part. Those who can enter the lecture hall to listen to Wu are not low in birth within Ning Wangfu.

  Some were disciples of the Ning Wang Fu branch family, and some were nephews of close relatives. These people have been servants in the Ning Wang Fu for generations, commonly known as "house-born sons".

  Now, they all sit quietly in the lecture hall, although the martial arts instructor has not yet arrived, but none of these people make a sound. Wang Guanlan sits in the first row, like everyone else, with his eyes closed and meditating.

  Although he doesn't often come here, or rather, he rarely comes here, as the biological son of Ning Wang Wang Bi Cheng, although born out of wedlock, his position here is undoubtedly at the forefront.

  Because the legitimate son of Wang Ye received the family's secret transmission, it was fundamentally impossible for him to mix with these people.

  Wang Guanlan sat in the first row of seats near the middle, and more than 20 sons and daughters of Wang Bizheng all sat in this row.

  Sitting in the first row, Wang Guanlan still closed his eyes to meditate. When he came in, he already felt that the gazes of people around him were different from before.

  "It seems that what happened between me and Wang Guanchao has spread throughout the entire Wang Manor!" Just as he was thinking this, Lecturer Wu arrived.

  The martial arts instructor was a lean and robust man in his forties, with steady footsteps and introspective eyes. As soon as he appeared, he caused a slight stir in the martial arts hall.

  "It's Wei Shi Fan, how did he end up here!!"

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  The Ning Wang Fu has a total of eighteen martial arts instructors, each with their own characteristics and specialties. For example, the one who came today is a master of knife techniques.

  A master of the six layers of Qi refinement, Wei Cheng.

  Today's topic is knife skills!

  This was unexpected for everyone, as Wei Cheng was not an ordinary lecturer. He was the martial arts instructor of the Ning Wang Fu, only holding a lecturer title, mainly responsible for teaching the four legitimate sons of Ning Wang. Normally, his presence was rarely seen, and no one expected him to come to the lecture hall today.

  To the surprise of everyone, Wei Shi Fan apparently had no intention of explaining, and instead sat upright in front of the lecture hall, starting to explain on his own, not even paying attention to the murmurs from below.

  He's talking about knife skills!!

  But it's not some profound sword technique, but rather starting from the most basic level.

  The discussion in the hall gradually subsided. Wang Fu Normal University came to be a lecturer, and what he lectured was still basic knowledge. Such an opportunity is rare.

  After a few breaths, the entire lecture hall was left with only Wei Cheng's voice explaining, this one lecture lasted for two hours. When the time was up, Wei Cheng left and didn't stay to answer questions like ordinary lecturers. Perhaps in his eyes as a high-level martial artist, if they couldn't even understand these basics, they weren't qualified to talk to him. Martial artists all have their own dignity.

  Watching Weichen's receding back, Wang Guanlan slightly raised an eyebrow. Just yesterday, he had suddenly realized the Buddhist Ksitigarbha's vow of the divine knife, and today in this martial arts hall, someone appeared to explain the use of knives, which was a bit too coincidental, wasn't it?

  "Fourteenth Young Master, the king has asked me to invite you over!" Just as Wang Guanlan was harboring doubts in his heart, a faintly blue-robed figure appeared at the Lecture on Martial Arts Hall, appearing suddenly yet naturally.

  "Excellent!!" The Ning Wang prince and princess sitting in the first row nodded slightly.

  Miao Shu smiled slightly and returned a slight courtesy. His eyes swept over the numerous sons and daughters of Ning Wang, finally settling on Wang Guanlan's body.

  "Yesterday, the Fourteenth Young Master suddenly comprehended the Buddha's divine powers, and even the King knows about it now. Today, Wei Shifu came to explain the foundation of knife techniques, also because of this reason!" Miao Shu said slowly, as if narrating a trivial matter, seemingly unaware of how deeply shocking the information he revealed was to others.

  Divine comprehension, sudden enlightenment... such a thing has actually happened to Wang Guanlan!?! It's happening right before their eyes, this, this, is there anything more inconceivable than this?

  Wang Guanlan followed behind Miao Shu, leaving the lecture hall, with countless pairs of scorching eyes staring at his back, and in front of him was a wide and straight road.

  This is a world where martial artists are revered, but apart from the martial path, there exists another power system, which is the Daoist magic system.

  Compared to the widely spread martial arts system, the Taoist system is more mysterious. This doesn't mean that the martial arts system is inferior to the Taoist system, but rather because the starting point of the Taoist system is much higher than that of the martial arts system. Martial arts can be practiced by anyone, regardless of their innate abilities, and even those with poor talent can still feel the effects of internal energy after a lifetime of practice, allowing them to temper their bodies and make them stronger. This is why martial arts are so popular in this world.

  In contrast, practicing Taoist magic involves entering the mysterious realm of the spirit, communicating with the powers between heaven and earth through one's mind, and only those born with this spiritual power can wield it. Such people are extremely rare, almost to the point of being one in a million. With such a small number of practitioners, it's no wonder that Taoist magic is not widespread.

  However, there is still a market for Taoist magic in this world because those who have reached the level of controlling internal energy (i.e., the sixth layer of internal energy cultivation) can touch upon the mysterious realm of the spirit and begin to practice Taoist magic. But how many martial artists can actually reach this level? Probably only about one in ten thousand.

  This situation led to the Taoist system becoming a very niche system, however, this does not mean that the Taoist system is weak. In a world where strength is valued, any method that can help people improve their strength will never be weak.

  Like martial arts, the Taoist system is also divided into two schools. One is the school that cultivates spiritual power, similar to the internal energy cultivation of martial artists, called the visualization method. The other is the school that applies spiritual power, called the magical method.

  The method of visualization is not to be spoken of, this thing is too mysterious, and it's also a treasure that various schools and factions hide deeply, ordinary people can't get it at all. Speaking of the technique itself, it's different from martial arts, there are no levels to distinguish, only rankings exist.

  The Taoist school and the heart method of martial arts are generally the same, the higher the Taoist school is, the more precious it is, the harder it is to cultivate. The divine ability is a special existence in the Taoist school. Legend has it that when a warrior breaks through the nine layers of refining energy, at the moment of breakthrough, his spirit will naturally merge with heaven and earth, and he can naturally comprehend one or even several divine abilities.

  Compared with magic and martial arts, Shentong is more like a combination of the two, possessing the strengths of both, with every move and gesture containing immense power.

  Ordinary people who want to cultivate supernatural powers must break through the nine layers of refining Qi. At the moment they enter the secret realm of supernatural powers, they must feel the heavens and the earth, and understand the supernatural powers. This requirement is really too high for ordinary people. If this is the only way, then supernatural powers are just a legend.

  But everything has an exception, and there is a kind of divine power that doesn't have such troubles, which is the Buddhist divine power.

  Buddhism, in this world, is also a very unique existence. In fact, when this sect from a foreign land first entered China and preached the equality of all living beings, it was treated as an evil cult and was severely persecuted for hundreds of years. However, later on, Buddhism gradually became more intelligent, its teachings began to merge with Confucianism, and at the same time, some benefits of Buddhism also sparked the interest of Chinese scholars.

  The martial arts of Buddhism have a unique place, although they may not be comparable to the martial arts of China, but they are not so easy to bully either. The most important thing is that Buddhism has supernatural powers, and the supernatural powers of Buddhism differ from ordinary supernatural powers in that they do not require high spiritual power, or even none at all, nor do they require high martial arts strength, without needing to break through the nine layers of refining energy. Buddhist supernatural powers, first and foremost emphasize a single word: enlightenment!

  Enlightenment is divided into two kinds: sudden enlightenment and gradual enlightenment!